SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 1946 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN Michigan Line Upsets Hoosier Passers in 21-( i Win < - Cards Remain In Flag Chase With 4-1 Win Harry Breeheen Hurls Masterful Four-Hitter By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28 - Harry (The Cat) Brecheen took the St. Louis Cardinals by their neck feathers and lifted them back into an exact first- place tie with the Brooklyn Dodgers tonight by hurling a four-hit 4-1 vii- tory over the Chicago Cubs in the next-to-last game of the season. Handcuffing the Cubs with his left handed curve and his darting screw- ball, the veteran "money pitcher" from Broken Bow, Okla., won the big one that the Red Birds had to have. A loss would have practically eliminated them from. the race. Brecheen's masterpiece brought the National League race down to the finish line in its most exciting climax in years. Never has an exact first-place tie existed at the end of the regular season, but that will hap- pen tomorrow if the Cards and Dodg- ers both win or both lose their single respective games with the Cubs and Braves. Way back in 1908 there was a "playoff" game after the season that actually was a replay of an earlier disputed game in which Fred Merkle of the New York Giants failed to touch second base against the Chi- cago Cubs. This would be the first time the league rules calling for a three-game play-off would have to be used. ' Rain tomorrow would send the whole situation into a horrible mess. Scattered thundershowers have been predicted for the St. Louis area. Eddie Dyer named George (Red) Munger to take the hill in the payoff game of the campaign against Lefty Johnny Schmnitz whose infected foot has recovered sufficiently for him; to take one last turn. Munger has won two and lost one, and one of his vic- tories was scored over Chicago. Of Schmitz' 10 victories, thre have been at the Birds' expense. White, Derricotte, Ford Score for Wolverines Record Opening-Day Throng of 74,600 Sees Sterling Line Play Offset Weak Air Defense Sidelights of Michigan-Indiana Game Jack Carpenter A Good Stat M. Ind. Total first downs .........7 15 First downs, rushing .......7 5 First downs, passing.......0 10 Total net gain ...........223 217 Yards rushing ...........193 ,112 Yards lost rushing ........20 81 Net yards rushing ........173 31 Passes attempted .........16 29 Passes completed ..........5 13 Passes intercepted by .... 3 5 Net yards passing ..........50 186 Punts, number ............8 6 Punting average .........38.1 36.5 Yards punts returned .... 84 11 Yards kickoffs returned .. .21 34 Yds. all kicks returned .. .105 45 Fumbles ................. 4 7 Opp's. fumbles recovered . . .6 1 Own fumbles recovered .....3 1 Penalties, number . ........4 3 Yards penalized.......... 50 25 (Continued from Page 1) was forced to kick. Gene Derricotte returned Dewar's boot four yards to the Hoosier 46 and Michigan was off. Wolverines Move Quickly Derricotte reeled off seven yards and Jack Weisenberger found a big hole for another 14 and a first down on the Indiana 25. Weisenberger picked up three and Derricotte moved for four. With third down Dericotte found another hole off tackle and made it another first down on the Hoosier 13. Two plays had yielded a three-yard loss when Der- ricotte flipped a pass to Paul White for the first Maize and Blue score. "Automatic Jim" Brieske converted and Michigan led, 7-0. Indiana came back midway in the second period to stage its biggest threat of the day. Starting on their own 25, the invaders struck through the air to move to the Michigan 10 before the Wolverine line broke up the Indiana bid. Pihos pitched to Cowan for a first down on the Hoos- ier 36. Two aerial thrusts by Young, the first to Lou Mihajlovich and the second to Abe Adams, carried the Hoosiers to Michigan's 19. Hoosiers Threaten Raimondi returned and immed- iately hit Mihajlovich on the Wolver- ine 10. A holding penalty set the Hoosiers back to the 24 but interfer- ence was ruled against the Wolver- ines on another Raimondi toss and the Indianans once again were perched on the Wolverine 10. Ad- ams dropped another pass and two receivers got tangled up to rob Rai- mondi -of another completion. Pihos fumbled but recovered on the 13 and Ford broke through to trip Cowan way back on the Michi- gan 27 to end the Hoosier threat. One of the key plays of the after- noon was pulled by Michigan's big roving center, J. T. White, when he batted down a pass being juggled by two crimson-clad receivers in -the end zone during the Hoosiers' scor- ing bid. Not until the final stanza did the Wolverines ice the game. Ford cov- ered a fumble by Rex Grossman at the close of the third period to give Michigan a golden opportunity on the Indiana 19. Weisenburger made a yard 'and then Pete Elliott lifted a high pass which Ford plucked out of the air with one hand in the end cuted reverse. Derricotte broke for the right sideline and gallopped a- cross for the third Wolverine score whileMichigan blockers mowed down every Hoosier in sight to clear his path. Not an Indiana man touched the fleet Wolverine halfback on his 53-yard jaunt. Brieske made it three conversions for the day and Michigan had its 21-0 score. Statistically, the Maize and Blue weren't as impressive as the score By BOB GOLDMAN From the looks on the coaches' faces, it was difficult to tell just which team lost the game yesterday. Fritz Crisler was his normal somber self, while Bo McMillin, usually smil- ing in defeat or victory, was sad. "There's no comparing this year's Michigan team with the '45 squad- this outfit is a vast improvement over what Fritz had last year," Bo de- clared, glumly. Julius Franks former Wolverine All-American guard had a concise explanation of why the Maize and Blue didn't score twice in the first half. "When you don't have the ball, it's pretty hard to get a touchdown. Michigan held the ball in the sec- ond period for all of 3%/2 minutes. * * * There was, and probably still is a great deal of argument as to whether or not switching Bruce Hilkene from endto tackle this season was a -wise move. After yesterday's game, it seems apparentbthat Hilkene will be around quite a bit this year playing a lot of tackle. When Hiilkene didn't IIl Keep A-head of Your Hair Our personnel is ready to serve you with the latest hair styles and tonsorial services You are cor- dially welcomed. Ours is the G.H.Q. for the U. of M. BMOC. Plenty of Barbers - No Waiting! The DASCOLA Barbers Between the Michigan and State Theaters break up the Hoosier running game, In a way, the game was unusual. end Lennie Ford, a pretty prominent Guard George Burg didn't break his individual in the contest, or center nose. J. T. White could be found at the bot- Some program vendors found it tom of the pile caressing one of the profitable to sell the $.50 programs "Pore L'il Boys" or the ball, for $1.00. The starting lineups: No. Player Pos. Player 80 Hasapes LE Ford 78 Goldsberry L T Derleth 73 Brown L G Sobeleski 38 Cannady C White 77 Sowinski R G Sickles 67 Deal R T Carpenter 81 Mihajlovch R E Renner 46 Raimondi Q B Wiese 40 Dewar L H Derricotte 57 Groomes R H Chubb 35 Pihos F B Weisnbrgr Michigan 7 0 0 14-2 1 Indiana 0 0 0 0- 0 No. 85 73 69 55 62 78 80 38 41 18 48 Jack Weisenburger indicates. They netted 186 yards on the ground and completed five of 16 aerials for a net gain of 50 yards. Two of the completions went for touchdowns while five of the Michi- gan passes were intercepted by alert Indiana defenders. Bill Pritula, Wolverine tackle, who was injured in the fourth period of the game, will be ready for practice Monday, trainer Ray Roberts dis- closed last night. The big Maize and Blue mainstay just had the wind knocked out of him. Fourth Period Badger Rally Tops California BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 28 - VP) -The University of Wisconsin un- leashed a potent attack in the final period today, pushing across three touchdowns, to trounce the University of California Bears 28 to 7 before a shirtsleeved crowd estimated at close to 50,000. The Badgers, strong favorites at the kickoff, scored in the opening quarter; outplayed the Bears in the second period but the count tied by California in the third. Although clearly the superior team, the Big Nine Conference visitor was on even scoreboard terms as the game swung into the final period. Jack Jen- sen, sub California left half, took a punt and raced 56 yards for a touch- down and the successful conversion gave the Bears a 7-7 knot midway of the third. The Men's Riding Club will hold its first meeting tomorrow Septem- ber 30 at Golfside Stables at 7:30 p.m. Transportation will be fur- nished by the club to all those not having facilities and will leave from in front of the Union at 7:15 p.m. All those interested in learn- ing to ride or furthering their rid- ing are invited to attend. For fur- ther information contact David Stewart 808 East Catherine, tele- phone 5294 _ PALTSER DELIS - RL Ld -f flats Flexible .. feather-light. .. designed and crafted to make walking a pleasure and DeLiso flats a fashion "must' RUSSET BROWN BROOsKINSPhmartSoe -6 108 East Washington Phone 2-2685 ,-YY1 I I ,1 Touchdowns: Derricotte, Ford, and White. 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